Intro to Joinery: Make a Tool Box

In this class you will build your own tool box with your choice of the joints you learn: dovetail, miter, box, and half-lap joints. Using joinery rather than fasteners provides strength and sturdiness to produce a long-lasting box. You'll then finish with your own details on the ends and the handle--which you can shape with a spokeshave and plane--and install the handle with a through-mortise joint. You will have the opportunity to cut the joints both by machine and by hand to give you a feel for both methods.

Dates: Sat./Sun., Dec. 7-8, 9 AM - 5 PM
Instructors: Max Smith
Class size (max.): 6
Attendance (min.): 3*
Skill level: intermediate
Prerequisites: FoW: Hand Tools and FoW: Machine Tools, or equiv. experience

Registration
Household Member & Above: $315**
Individual Member: $331**
General Public: $364
Register By: Dec. 1

Materials: $35 (price at checkout will include tuition and material cost)

*Classes that do not meet the minimum attendance number may be cancelled or rescheduled. If so, you will receive a full refund, or class credit, regardless of the cancellation date.

**We encourage students to become members (for as little as $30/year) to receive 10-15% off class tuition. You must be a current member on the date of registering to receive your discount. Please login to activate your member discount. To become a new member, please sign up here, or call 845-338-0071.

Instructors: Max Smith is a multidisciplinary craftsman with ten years of experience in woodworking in various forms, stringed instrument repair and making, piano tuning and repair, boatbuilding, cabinetmaking, and as Maintenance Coordinator for the Beacon Sloop Club. He is a full time instructor at HRMM and has participated as a skills demonstrator at the Eric Sloane Museum in Kent, CT. Max frequently sails his 15' Goat Island Skiff, inviting friends and teaching them the basics of sailing.